February 2018

February 28, 2018

He claimed he wasn't going to go back to school until "gun control" legislation was passed. Yet, there he was today, shooting off his mouth again as he went back to school.

Student gun control activist David Hogg unleashes his fury on Republicans on his way into school.

Chicken Noodle News was there, asking how he "could find the strength" to go back to school.

Apparently, having wasted weeks "covering" the Malaysian airliner that went down someplace and coming up with nothing, they've decided to Hogg bandwidth fawning over this jerk.

Scientists and physicians now know that our brains are not fully developed until about the age of 25. Car rental companies are familiar with this research – why do you think they will not rent a car to anyone under the age of 25?

Although reasons for the recent rise have not been scientifically determined, experts suspect that smartphones and marijuana use are key factors in the deadly trend.

Increased use of marijuana is another potential factor causing the increase in deaths. In the seven states that legalized the drug for recreational purposes, as well as the District of Columbia, pedestrian deaths spiked 16.4% in the first half of 2017, according to the GHSA study. At the same time, deaths in other states fell 5.8%.

The message seems to be: put down the bong and the phone if you plan to be out and about. Seems like a good idea.

Take out the earbuds as well; around here, a number of folks have been hit by light-rail trains because they had their tunes going and were oblivious to the fact that they were crossing the rail lines. Most have been in their late 20s to early 30s.

Out on the east side, it appears that pot and phones haven't been much of a pedestrian issue - the folks that get run over in that area were mostly in their 60s and 70s - though the drivers that hit them may well have been distracted.

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake, the strongest known ever to have hit the country, struck in Papua New Guinea yesterday. At least 16 are known dead, but much of the country's infrastructure has been demolished, so accessing affected areas is difficult or impossible. Some reports indicate that hundreds may have been killed, but can't as yet be confirmed. What is known from aerial surveillance taken from an Australian C-130 is that landslides have buried a great deal.

I'm tired of little Davey, who hid in a closet when a mentally-deranged teen was shooting up his school, yet now feels entitled to air-time, scraped out of the blood of his former classmates and teachers.

Sell FedEx stock! If they wanna stick with NRA we'll stick with @usps or @UPS

The court with the longest track record of ruling reversals just added another notch today, when SCOTUS reversed their detention ruling:

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigration officials can continue to indefinitely detain immigrants during proceedings to determine the legality of their status in the U.S. The decision of Jennings v. Rodriguez affects illegal and legal immigrants. Legal permanent residents facing deportation as a result of committing crimes and asylum seekers who have turned themselves in at the border and are awaiting a court date can be detained indefinitely with no interval bond hearings.

This reverses the ruling of the 9th Circus Court of Appeals, which said that bond hearings must be held every six months.

A carjacking suspect was shot and killed by a man who had a concealed weapon on him in Milwaukee on Monday, officials said. The Milwaukee Police Department said in a news release the 21-year-old suspect, identified as Carlos Martin, was shot after he attempted to carjack a 24-year-old man around 5:50 a.m. near the Milwaukee MachineTool Corporation.

One other item of interest: Carlos used to be one of the "Dreamers" that liberals are so eager to "protect".

A recent study has found that 1 out of every 3 Liberals is just as stupid as the other 2.

Great gun control by the 24 year-old.

Also yesterday:

OSWEGO, Ill. -- A man armed with an AR-15 rifle stopped an attack by one of his neighbors and held him until police arrived.

Police say it all began when someone with a knife attacked another person during an argument.

Neighbor Dave Thomas, who witnessed the attack, went into his home, got his rifle and ordered the suspect to stop.

"The AR-15 is my weapon of choice for home protection," Thomas said. "It's light, it's maneuverable. If you train and know how to use it properly, it's not dangerous. And this is just a perfect example of good guy with an AR-15 stopped a bad guy with a knife. And there were no lives taken, so all in all it was a good day."

It seems that they've been having trouble paying the rent and utilities for their New York office spaces in Manhattan and are now facing eviction. Maybe they should have just remained a weekly magazine, rather than buying up other companies and becoming a "media group". It looks like they over-extended themselves.

That's one of the better descriptions of Oregon's legislature out there. But at least in the state Senate, Democratics demonstrated that even they, when the moon and stars are properly aligned, can make sane decisions.

SALEM — A legislative referral to ask voters to amend the Constitution to make access to cost-effective and affordable health care the right of all Oregon residents lacks the votes to pass the Senate, according to Senate Democrats.

Naturally, the dorks in the House passed it on a straight party-line vote two weeks ago.

Just like was done with Obamacare.

This is the third consecutive time the Senate has blocked the referral, said Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland, who has repeatedly sponsored the measure.

That's him, and he's already vowing to try for a fourth time to get that turkey of a bill passed. They keep electing the dork, over in his east-side Porkland district. Nobody knows why, apart from the fact that he has the magic (D).

House Speaker Tina Kotek and Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson, both Democrats from Portland, described the measure primarily as "aspirational," but some legal experts said adding the right to the Constitution could spur litigation.

It's always the Democratics from Porkland. Although Tina's actually from Connecticut. She just moved here to help screw up Oregon. At least Jenny's from around here.